bushwa

bushwa

(ˈbʊʃwɑː)
n
slang US nonsense
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bush•wa

or bush•wah

(ˈbʊʃ wɑ, -wɔ)

n. Slang.
nonsense; baloney; bull.
[1915–20; perhaps representing bourgeois1, from its use in political rhetoric, the actual sense being lost; taken as euphemism for bullshit]
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